Yoonkey Nam (남윤기), Ph.D.

Research Area

• Neural interface control

• Neural recording and stimulation technology

• Surface micro-patterning technology for neurobiology

• Nano-neurotechnology

• Neuron-based biosensor technology

• Neural network dynamics

• Neuro-Machine interface system

Education

• Ph. D.  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), Electrical Engineering, 2005    

• M.S.    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), Electrical Engineering, 2003

• B.S.     Seoul National University, Electrical Engineering, 1997

POSITIONS

• 2023 - present  Head, Dept. of Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST

• 2023 - present  Program Chair, Program of Brain and Cognitive Engineering, KAIST

• 2020 - present  Professor, Dept. of Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST

• 2010 – 2020      Associate Professor, Dept. of Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST

• 2006 - 2010       Assistant Professor, Dept. of Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST

• 2013 – 2014      Visiting Scholar, Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA

• 2005 - 2006       Post Doc., Dept. of Bioengineering, UIUC, USA

• 2000 - 2005      Research Assistant, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UIUC, USA

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (2010-2012, 2018)

• Editorial board member, Experimental Neurobiology (2018 - present)​

• Editorial board member, Journal of Biological Engineering Research (2010 - 2015)

• Local Organizing Committee member, IEEE EMBC 2017 (2017)

• Local Organizing Committee member, MicroTAS 2015 (2015)

• Organizing Committee member, IBEC (International BioEngineering Conference) (2015)

• Organizing Committee member, ISMM (International Symposium on Microchemistry and Microsystems) (2018)

• International Scientific Program Committee of MEA Meeting (2016, 2018)

• Chair of Academic Program Committee (Korea BioChip Society) (2016)

• Chair of Academic Program Committee (Korean Society for Medical and Biological Engineering) (2010 -2011)

• Chair of International Relationship Committee (Korean Society for Medical and Biological Engineering) (2017 - 2018)

• Director of Future and Vision Planning (Korean Society for Medical and Biological Engineering) (2019 - 2022)​

HONORS & AWARDS

• Best Paper Award (2018) by Korean Society of Medical & Biological Engineering (KOSOMBE)

• 'The Top 100 Technologies and Leaders in 2025 Korea' (2017) by The National Academy of Engineering of Korea

• Best Paper Award (2014) by National Research Foundation(NRF) & KOSOMBE

• Early Career Achievement Award (2013) by The Korea BioChip Society

• Young Investigator Awards in Biomedical Engineering (2011) by KOSOMBE

• Excellent Collaboration in Research (2011) by KAIST

• Outstanding Lecturer (2008) by KAIST

• Outstanding Lecturer (2008, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2019) by Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST

TEACHING

• Undergraduate course (link)

  1. BiS25002 Bioinstrumentation Fundamentals 

  2. BiS30001 Bioengineering Laboratory I (Neural Signal Processing session)

  3. BiS35000 Bioengineering Laboratory II (Data Acquisition session) 

  4. BiS35002 System Modeling in Bioengineering

  5. BiS35004 Analog Electronic Circuits 

• Graduate course (link) 

  1. BiS75002 Neural Engineering (syllabus)

  2. BCE5001 Brain and Cognitive Engineering II